Colin Tait

Milford, Michigan high school senior, Colin Tait, has been playing the pipes for eight years. He’s played in the following bands: Birmingham Celtic Pipes and Drums, Ann Arbor Pipes and Drums, Detroit Caledonian, and Windsor Police. The major influences on Colin’s playing have been: (for band) Bruce Burt, Sr., Bob Droppleman, and Greg Pearson and (for solos) Brian Donaldson, Bruce Burt, Sr., Jack Taylor, Lindsay Todd-Barr, and Andrew Bova. Highlights of Colin’s band playing have been: 2011 – Grade Four Detroit Caledonian, US Open Champions and Second place in the North American Pipe Band Championships in Maxville, Ontario and 2013 – Grade Three Windsor Police, US Open Champions. Colin was named the 2012 Midwest Pipe Band Association Grade Two Champion Supreme for piobaireachd, and he achieved a third place finish in the Invitational Balmoral Classic in the march, strathspey, and reel contest in 2013. Last year he began competing in Grade One for Light Music and in the Senior Amateur level for piobaireachd. Colin is involved in theater at his high school, Milford High. Outside of school he enjoys music and working.